Health & Safety Report 2016

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2016

The HSE has therefore brought in new administrative arrangements for the statutory reporting of incidents offshore, including those relating to offshore pipeline or pipeline works and diving operations. The aim is to align existing and new reporting requirements and minimise bureaucracy through a single form called a ROGI – Reporting of an Oil and Gas Incident . The ROGI will replace several existing Offshore Incident Report (OIR) forms. Oil & Gas UK was actively involved in helping the OSDR develop the ROGI to improve the efficiency of reporting and ensure consistency in approach across the UKCS. The Directive also requires Member States to establish a mechanism for effective tripartite consultation between regulatory, industry and workforce representatives. Previously, the Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) fulfilled this role in the UK. The OIAC has now been reconstituted into a strategic committee with a focus on major accident hazard prevention and associated environmental matters as covered by the Directive. This new body is called the Offshore Major Accident Hazards Advisory Committee (OMAHAC). The OMAHAC consists of up to 12 members, representing the HSE, DECC, Department for Transport/Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Oil and Gas Authority, HSE Northern Ireland, industry and trade unions. 5.2 Prevention of Fire and Explosion and Emergency Response Regulation 16 An overly prescriptive revised legal interpretation of Regulation 16 of the Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response (PFEER) on Offshore Installation Regulations would have required duty holders to provide additional tertiary escape equipment on installations. This would have had no risk reduction benefits over the equipment already in place. Oil & Gas UK successfully argued that the obligation for duty holders under PFEER Regulation 5 to identify, assess and put in place different means of evacuation, escape and rescue was sufficient to secure effective emergency response arrangements for those on an installation. Continuing to apply the original interpretation of the legislation has not compromised the safety of those on board an installation, while saving the industry considerable cost, time and effort. 5.3 Piper Alpha Garden Upkeep Oil & Gas UK gave over £185,000 to the Pound for Piper Memorial Trust in summer 2015 to help pay for the ongoing maintenance of the North Sea Memorial Garden in Aberdeen – a tribute to the 167 men who lost their lives in the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster. The donation came from the funds raised by industry to help support the refurbishment and upkeep of the garden at Hazlehead Park.

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